Alto Ingredients (ALTO) Competitors

Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) and Alto Ingredients (NASDAQ:ALTO) are both small-cap chemicals companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, LXFR or ALTO?

Luxfer has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alto Ingredients has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LXFR or ALTO?

Luxfer has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Luxfer, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Luxfer	$391.90M	0.87	$18.40M	$0.78	16.06
Alto Ingredients	$965.26M	0.10	-$58.98M	-$0.82	-1.50

Is LXFR or ALTO more profitable?

Luxfer has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Alto Ingredients' net margin of -6.20%. Luxfer's return on equity of 11.56% beat Alto Ingredients' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Luxfer	5.31%	11.56%	6.54%
Alto Ingredients	-6.20%	-14.40%	-8.44%

Does the media favor LXFR or ALTO?

In the previous week, Luxfer had 4 more articles in the media than Alto Ingredients. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Luxfer and 1 mentions for Alto Ingredients. Alto Ingredients' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Luxfer's score of 0.00 indicating that Alto Ingredients is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Luxfer	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alto Ingredients	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of LXFR or ALTO?

90.8% of Luxfer shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Luxfer shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Alto Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer LXFR or ALTO?

Alto Ingredients has a consensus target price of $5.50, suggesting a potential upside of 347.15%. Given Alto Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alto Ingredients is more favorable than Luxfer.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Luxfer	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Alto Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Luxfer beats Alto Ingredients on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.